Planning

Department Overview

The Planning & Development department’s mission is to develop and maintain an efficient and robust network of transit service for Santa Cruz County. The mixture of rural and urban areas, the dynamic geographic and topographical landscape, and the diverse needs of our community poses a unique set of challenges for METRO. To utilize all resources available, METRO partners with the Regional Transportation Commission, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, UC Santa Cruz Transportation and Parking Services, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to assist in overall transportation improvement planning.

Department staff includes:

Manager

Grants and Legislative Analyst

Schedule Analyst

Transportation Planner

Planning Analyst

METRO currently provides 26 different routes which carry over 5 million passengers and operates over 225,000 hours and 3.3 million miles of service annually. METRO maintains over 4 transit centers and 850 bus stops, almost 500 of which have benches and nearly 200 of which have shelters.

Customer Communication

METRO thanks you for your valuable input to the 2016 COA service reduction process and your ongoing comments through Customer Service Reports on issues you may have with the METRO system.

Please continue to use the Customer Service Report for issues related to service and stop issues. However, if you’d like to provide comments about current or future service or facility planning, please email the Planning Dept at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or write to the Planning Department at 110 Vernon St, Santa Cruz CA 95060.